Rickey Bevington
As Senior Anchor/Correspondent, Rickey Bevington is a mainstay with Atlantans during the afternoon drive as local host for NPR's nationally syndicated "All Things Considered" weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m.
Bevington brings more than 15 years of award-winning experience in the media industry including cable entertainment at Sundance Channel and Showtime Networks, local TV news at WFSB-TV 3 (CBS) in Hartford, Conn., publishing with Fodor's and the Hartford Courant, and reporting for NPR and PBS. Her work is recognized by local and national journalism organizations including the Southeast Emmys, Georgia Association of Broadcasters, Public Radio News Directors Inc, Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists.
Bevington was recognized with the prestigious "History In The Media" award by the Georgia Historical Society. In her prior role as GPB’s News Director of TV, Radio & Digital, Bevington led the news team to win two regional Emmys and GPB's first national Edward R. Murrow Award. An Atlanta native, Bevington is a believer in volunteerism and shaping her community. She serves on the Board of the Georgia Associated Press Media Editors, the Atlanta BeltLine Young Leaders Council and has served as a board member and Chairman of the Board for the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. In March 2014, Bevington was the only Georgian appointed to a prestigious Marshall Memorial Fellowship by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. While in the post, she travels throughout Europe studying public policy issues impacting the U.S. and the European Union. Bevington participated in L.E.A.D. Atlanta, an intensive eight-month leadership program, and she is an active member of the Atlanta Press Club.
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As we head into the weekend, high school football playoffs continue. There's also drama off the field with schools quitting the Georgia High School Association over reclassification. GPB Sports' Jon Nelson speaks to All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington. -
Georgia high school football teams are heading into the first weekend of the postseason playoffs. But things are different this year. GPB Sports' John Nelson joins All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington to preview. -
Atlanta is the only U.S. city to be featured in Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2022. All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington talks to Alisa Johnson, an editor of Lonely Planet. -
The final weekend of the regular season determines what teams enter the postseason. Sometimes the process of elimination gets pretty wild. All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington asks GPB Sports' Jon Nelson about it.
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With a special state legislation session is less than a month away, All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington previews with GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler about what Georgians should expect to change in redistricting. -
Georgia high school football season kicked off this week as COVID-19 cases rebound to highs not seen since the winter. And, while at least one school --… -
GPB Sports' Jon Nelson is spending this week crisscrossing the state talking to coaches and players. He joined GPB’s Rickey Bevington from the town of Roberta in Crawford County, talking about the upcoming season, GPB Sports coverage of it, and a personal honor. -
Descendants of Holocaust victims are in a race against time to preserve oral histories and artifacts before the last survivors are gone. One such effort is that of Alli Allen of Atlanta, who is donating hundreds of letters sent by her great-grandparents Blanka and Max Hartstein in Germany to her grandparents Paula Hartstein Marx and Hugh Marx, who’d fled to the United States in 1938, just one week before Kristallnacht. -
When India’s second wave of COVID-19 started surging last month, Atlanta-based Indian grocery delivery service Subziwalla sprang into action, raising relief funds and hosting informational Q&As on the company Instagram account. -
Barbara Kingsolver has been named one of the most important writers of the 20th century. Last month, Macon's Mercer University awarded the author its 2021 Thomas Robinson Prize.
